Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-09
A RUSSIAN PRINCE,
The Brother of the Princess DoIpo
rouki in the Indian Territory
Teaching Music for
Living.
he Tells of His Exile to Sibrria-His Es
cape and His Subsequent Journey
Jugs to America.

Specialize the Gazette.
TAHLEoUAH, l. T, Jan. S.-Angels ere
sometimes SAID to be entertained una
wares, but the entertaining of live prince
at the unpretentious capital of the Chero
kee nation has not been heretofore
thought Of. We have noticed fol
some time past a stranger in our midst, o!
whom no one seemed to know but little
This stranger is 9 small, neat man, some
thirtytive yeaIs OF age. His manner and
department indicated gentleman OF
more than ordinary culture. His
appearance indnCPd Us 10 believe that he
was not an American and to the msuor
born, but an importation from some
cOuatry beyond the sea. We approached
! the little stranger to day and asked him
something of his history. He told Us
that he was & native OF Russia, ana
that he was t brother of the
! Princess Dolgorouki, the wife of
the late car of that vast empire.
Gently pressing him for further particu-
| lars, ne said in explanation of his absence
IRON his naive land that he had when
quite young incurred the dlspleasure of
the car on account of bis nihilistiC pro-
cliyities, and consequently was baGished
to Siberia with about 10000 others.
Said he to your reporter: a large
majority of the American people do
not understand what nihlliSm means.
They think it means everything
bad but l tell you it does not. 1t simply
means Democracy or Republicanism, that
is large lot Of Us were in favor of gov
erGment by the people and for the people,
and were getting tired of
anarchy. In 1861 ,, when you
people over here were having
your little unpleasantness, We, toe, in
Russia were having the same thing and,
my word for it, we hihilists would have
gained the day and a republ can form OF
government would have been existing
there to-day to the delight of an over
whelming majority CT the Russians
had not other powers interfered. Mill
in Latin, you know, means nothing, and
that is what they call US Republicans,
to make Us as Insignificant as possible.
"Mr DOlgorouki, how long were you in
Siberia and how did you escape 2"
"Aye, that's what thought, you would
want to know il all. I'll tell you 5, me
OF it. As soon es l landed in Siberia
was put to work in the mines about |
25OO feet under ground where l could /!
not see daylight. l began ct ouce to plan !
some means by which I could make my |
escape, and being especially educated in |
plished MY purpose. UpOn small blocks |
had the requisite number |
to forge the fQc similc
OF genuine passports. l was I'VE years in
po Itch obi I Il |
into my confidence. Armed with my
10 the sea coast, go5 aboard
2 vessel bound for China, which
country ! ultimately reached and among
he almond-eyed Pig-tails remained nine
years. From there | vent TO South
America, and after staying there awhile
md not liking that semi-civiized country
shipped for the shores of the North
American continent, which l first
ouched at San Francisco and
irifted here" Here he says he has
ealized the dreams Of his youth
md government by the people and for
he people, and he believes that all
Russia will, in mis- day and time, see the
anne thing and realize this great bless
ng. He says he heard from
rs sister, the PrlECeSS DOlSorOuGl
tten; that She is now in
rance. That little cloud is Overhanging
er, and that she is what might be termed
D plain EngIish, halfway exiled. Her
redicament, he says is caused from
he fact that her eldest son is
eally entitled to the czardom or
ill be ere great while, hence she does
OF stand in great favor just now with
lie Russian anarchists and those
! power. she is wealthy, though, end :
living in France in fine style,
ut will she or he, children some day
9turn to Russia snd claim their places
J willing people? For
livciyhood Mr.. DolgOrcuki :
aches music and is weIqualitiec Tor the
rofession, SO his patrons say. He has
bod letters from the Cheutauqua 81
ETY. of New York, where he
ught music awhile, ard from
.ners of equal note, stating S
at he is gentleman and scholar
ev. W. l.. Miller, PRESBYTERIAN minister t.
IRE, vouches for the correctness of Prince C
statements. a